Blue Bulls Murder Conspiracy – After the kind of year that they’ve had one wonders how it is that the Blue Bulls manage to stay competitive, let alone win at the top level of rugby. Police have confirmed the arrest of a middle aged woman over an alleged plot to murder a Blue Bulls player Deon Helberg. The woman was arrested yesterday at a Pretoria shipping centre. [newstime]

Kate Middleton Will Continue Working At Family Business – The future queen has promised her mother and father that she will carry on helping them at Party Pieces for the next few months, but will “wind down” her involvement as her wedding day approaches. She will then switch to an official role as a charity patron, though no specific charities have yet been earmarked. Nice. [telegraph]

Chinese Woman Jailed For Tweeting – A woman in China has been sentenced to a year in a labour camp after posting a message on the social networking website Twitter. The fiance of human rights activist Cheng Jianping told the BBC she had been accused of disrupting social order, but her message had been a joke. She had repeated a Twitter comment urging nationalist protesters to smash Japan’s pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, adding the words “Charge, angry youth”. Hmm, not ideal. [bbc]

Harry Potter Film Leaked Online – Warner Bros. is investigating how the first 36 minutes of the newest “Harry Potter” film came to be posted on the Internet late Monday night, four days ahead of the movie’s world-wide theatrical debut on Friday. A spokesman for the studio, a unit of Time Warner Inc., declined to say whether it had yet figured out the source of the leak, but said an investigation was underway. The spokesman said the early release wasn’t a promotional gambit. [wallstreetjournal]

13 AWB Members Receive Pardons – President Jacob Zuma on Thursday revealed the political affiliations of the 149 applications recommended for presidential pardon by the Presidential Reference Group. He said the applicants’ party political affiliations included ANC 53, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 13, Freedom Front Plus three, Inkatha Freedom Party 21, Pan Africanist Congress 34, United Democratic Movement 11. [news24]

Susan Boyle Eclipses the Beatles Success – By having the No 1 album in the US and UK at the same time for the second time in a year, Boyle has done something phenomenal. Only the Monkees and the Beatles have managed the same feat, in 1967 and 1969 respectively. Boyle is the first ever woman to do it. Her album The Gift reached No 1 in the UK on Sunday, and took the top spot in the US yesterday. It comes after her debut album I Dreamed a Dream achieved the same success following its release last year. [guardian]

Highveld Stereo Reprimanded – The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) has reprimanded Johannesburg radio station 94.7 Highveld Stereo for broadcasting a comedy insert which repeatedly used the word “coolie”. Radio jock Alex Jay played the insert by comedian Riaad Moosa at 10:15 on August 16. Shame. [channel24]

Kim Kardashian Inc. – What is it about Kim Kardashian that keeps her going? Why, if you hate her so much, does she have millions of Twitter followers? And why was there a scrum and complete mayhem in New York recently when she launched her new jewelry line? She is clearly doing something right. The New York Times did a lovely piece that you should read. [nytimes]

Qantas Reckon Half The World’s A380s Need Engines Replaced – Qantas Airways Ltd. said half of the global fleet of A380 superjumbos using Rolls-Royce Group Plc turbines may need their engines fixed to replace a faulty part that caused a blowout on a Qantas jet earlier this month.The engine maker may have to remove as many as 40 Trent 900 power plants from the aircraft to replace a part that led to the explosion on Nov. 4. [bloomberg]

Couldn’t Make Yourself A Meal If Your Life Depended On It? – Join the team. Luckily, the guys at OneDayOnly have your back once again. If a mom can make these meals in ten minutes while holding a baby in her arm and preventing a 5 year-old from eating the toilet brush, so can you. It’s too easy. Also, apparently they’ve started this new “Travel Tuesday” vibe, where they offer the most insane game lodges at a fraction of the cost. And that’s a good thing. [onedayonly]

Nik Rabinowitz Live In The Studio Today – Be sure to tune in to 2oceansvibe Radio this morning as Seth Rotherham and Bruce Good bring you another radically amazingly sensational Friday show! Apart from shooting the breeze and spinning vinyl with GQ’s Dylan Muhlenberg, we will also attempt to get inside the head of top SA funnyman, Nik Rabinoqitz! Smell you there! Remember to download apps for iPhone, Blackberry or Android. Or listen right here online or on Facebook! Follow link for more. [www.2ov.fm]

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